Elderly, fake news and information literacy

Abstract

The present investigation is located in a context of the learning society in which the elderly is inserted and addresses an issue of qualified elderly people from fake news. This group was identified as being the greatest vulnerability in the spread of fake news, as it is not a digital native and was not prepared for this new environment. Informational competence emerges as a strategy to improve the relationship between citizens and information to combat the spread of fake news. A bibliographic survey of articles published at national and international level was carried out with the verification of the state of the art of this theme. Analyzes of these productions were carried out for the purpose of verifying approaches in studies related especially to false questions. News applied to the specific group, the elderly, reached the result of seven articles. After analyzing these articles, it was found that the approach to this theme is still very incipient and receives further deepening and expansion through studies related to information science and the elderly.